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Standard specification

Driver Convenience

Automatic tailgate operation

BMW emergency call

BMW Teleservices

Check control system

Forward collision warning

Lights on warning

Oil temperature gauge

On board computer

Outside temperature display

Personal Profile

Service interval indicator

Speed limiter

Stop/start button

Entertainment

Auxiliary point for auxiliary devices

Bluetooth audio streaming

BMW professional radio/CD/MP3

DAB Digital radio

Exterior Features

Body colour bumpers

Body colour door handles

Body colour door mirrors

Body colour roof mouldings

Chrome exhaust tailpipe

Chrome kidney grille with chrome vertical slats

Door mirror integrated indicators

Door sill finishers

Electric adjustable heated door mirrors

Electric front windows/one touch facility

Follow me home headlights

Front fog lights

Heat insulating tinted glass

Heated windscreen washer jets

High beam assistant

LED daytime running lights

Model designation deletion on side

Rain sensor including auto headlights activation

Rear wiper

Interior Features

12V sockets in front centre console and passenger footwell

3 rear headrests

3 spoke sports leather multi-function steering wheel

4 grab handles

40/20/40 split folding rear seat

Anthracite Velour floor mats

Dakota leather upholstery

Dual zone automatic air conditioning

Front armrest

Front cupholders x 2

Front head restraints

Front/rear armrests within door panels

Glovebox with lid

Isofix front passenger and rear seat preparation

Luggage compartment lighting

Reach + rake adjustable steering column

Rear centre armrest

Sliding rear seats

Sunvisors

Sunvisors with vanity mirrors

Welcome lighting

Packs

Extended storage pack - 2 Series Active Tourer

Safety

'Childproof' rear door locks

3 point seatbelts on all seats

ABS

Brake assist

Collision mitigation braking system

Crash Sensor - activates hazard/interior lighting + unlocks doors

Driver/Front Passenger airbags

DSC+

Dynamic Traction Control - DTC

Front and rear curtain airbags

Front passenger airbag deactivation

Front seatbelt force limiters

Front seatbelt pretensioner

Front side airbags

Hill start assist

Seatbelt warning

Side impact protection

Tyre pressure monitoring system

Warning triangle and first aid kit

Security

Electronic immobiliser

Key integrated remote control central locking

Locking wheel bolts

Remote control Thatcham category 1 alarm

Technical

Diesel particulate filter

Drive Performance Control

Electronic differential lock

Wheels

Low rolling resistance tyres

The vehicle information above was correct at time of manufacture. Please speak to the dealership for full current specification.

Technical specification

Emissions - ICE

CO2 (g/km)

99

Standard Euro Emissions

EURO 6

Engine and Drive Train

Camshaft

DOHC

Catalytic Convertor

True

CC

1496

Compression Ratio

16.5:1

Cylinder Layout

IN-LINE

Cylinders

3

Cylinders - Bore (mm)

84

Cylinders - Stroke (mm)

90

Engine Code

B37C15U0

Engine Layout

FRONT TRANSVERSE

Fuel Delivery

COMMON RAIL

Gears

6 SPEED

Number of Valves

12

Transmission

MANUAL

Fuel Consumption - ICE

EC Combined (mpg)

74.3

EC Directive 1999/100/EC Applies

True

EC Extra Urban (mpg)

83.1

EC Urban (mpg)

64.2

General

Badge Engine CC

1.5

Badge Power

116

Coin Description

d

Coin Series

Luxury

Insurance Group 1 - 50 Effective January 07

11E

Vehicle Homologation Class

M1

Performance

0 to 62 mph (secs)

10.6

Engine Power - BHP

116

Engine Power - KW

85

Engine Power - PS

True

Engine Power - RPM

4000

Engine Torque - LBS.FT

199

Engine Torque - MKG

27.5

Engine Torque - NM

270

Engine Torque - RPM

1750

Top Speed

121

Tyres

Alloys?

True

Tyre Size Front

205/55 R17

Tyre Size Rear

205/55 R17

Tyre Size Spare

TYRE REPAIR KIT

Wheel Style

MULTI SPOKE STYLE 481

Wheel Type

17" ALLOY

Vehicle Dimensions

Height

1555

Length

4342

Wheelbase

2670

Width

1800

Width (including mirrors)

2038

Weight and Capacities

Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres)

51

Gross Vehicle Weight

1905

Luggage Capacity (Seats Down)

1510

Luggage Capacity (Seats Up)

468

Max. Loading Weight

540

Max. Roof Load

75

Max. Towing Weight - Braked

1300

Max. Towing Weight - Unbraked

705

Minimum Kerbweight

1365

No. of Seats

5

Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb

11.3

The vehicle information above was correct at time of manufacture. Please speak to the dealership for full current specification.

Independent review

Review courtesy of Car and Driving

BMW 2 Series Active Tourer

BMW's 2 Series Active Tourer is a front-wheel drive BMW that takes the brand into new MPV territory. Jonathan Crouch drives the popular 218d diesel version.

Ten Second Review

BMW is reaching into the mainstream with this 2 Series Active Tourer, a reasonably spacious and quite affordable family five-seater. MINI underpinnings saw this unveiled as the brand's first front driven model and in this revised form, it's certainly a classier, more interesting alternative to a conventional Scenic-style compact MPV. Most will want the volume 218d diesel version. That's what's on test here.

Background

Front wheel drive and BMW. It's not often you see those words in the same sentence. Equally unusual is the idea of any kind of BMW MPV. We're here though, to look at a car that brings all of these things together, the Munich maker's 2 Series Active Tourer.
This model's closest market rival, the Mercedes B-Class, is the nearest thing we've had to something of that kind in this segment, but that car isn't especially dynamic, either in the way it looks or the way it drives. To be frank, it's aimed at a more mature audience. What the market needed was the same sort of thing but with sharper looks and handling. Maybe even a bit of cleverer packaging too. That's what BMW has tried to deliver here.
And tried to achieve for the first time without its traditional unique selling point when it comes to driving dynamics: rear wheel drive. The Bavarians once said they'd never abandon that, but the space-efficient front-driven platform and engine package developed for the third generation new MINI proved too tempting a package not to install in something bearing the BMW badge. So, does it work in this smartly-styled Active Tourer model? Does it feel like a real BMW? And would you want one if it did? That's what we're here to find out.

Driving Experience

The variant we tried, the 218d diesel, will probably account for the majority of sales of this car. Under the bonnet here, there's a conventional four cylinder powerplant offering 150bhp and pokey performance, with 62mph just 9.0s away en route to 130mph. This isn't the most refined small diesel I've ever driven either at lower speeds or at tickover, but at a cruise it settles down into a very acceptable cruising thrum. To be honest, I can't really see why you might want to go much faster in this car, but should that be your desire, then BMW will wheel out a 190bhp 220d variant. Here, there's the option of BMW's xDrive 4WD system, a set-up that really comes into its own in the winter months, distributing as it can almost 100 per cent of power to either axle - or a mix between both front and rear. Either way, the car will be kept firmly planted through the tightest bends in the foulest weather. The extra xDrive traction aids performance too, the 0-62mph sprint time improving from the 7.6s showing you get in the 2WD 220d model to 7.5s. An 8-speed automatic gearbox is optional.

Design and Build

This is a compact MPV and as such, it's fairly inevitable that the basic shape is going to be somewhat generic. Cover the badges and grille and most would probably identify this as a Mercedes. The details are nicely executed, but this remains one of the more conservative designs, though BMW has tried to liven up the look of this revised version a little with a larger front kidney grille, redesigned front fog lamps, smarter wheel designs and twin tail pipes on all four cylinder variants. As before, this Active Tourer runs on a lengthened version of the MK3 generation MINI chassis, with the wheelbase extended to 2,670mm. Here, we're looking at the five-seat Active Tourer, but there's also a mechanically-identical 7-seat Gran Tourer body shape available.
For a company with no real track record in MPVs, the Munich maker has clearly been studying what works in rival cars. There are sliding and reclining rear seats that allow you to prioritise space for passengers or luggage. Maximum boot space is a respectable 468-litres - which is 20-litres less than the Mercedes B-Class. The rear bench is a versatile thing that can split 40:20:40 and when fully folded there's access to up to 1,510-litres. The front passenger seat also folds to accommodate items up to 2.4m long. Interior changes to this revised model include redesigned seats and a smarter auto gear lever.

Market and Model

Expect to pay saround £27,000 for your 2 Series Active Tourer in 218d guise, depending on the spec and model you choose. To put that figure into perspective within the BMW line-up, it sees this car pitched at a premium of around £1,800 over the company's five-door 1 Series model - which seems fair enough given that this Active Tourer is better equipped and about 30% larger inside. Big enough in fact to offer almost exactly the same levels of cabin cargo space you'd get from the kind of BMW 3 Series Touring model that could easily cost you £4,000 to £5,000 more.
If safety's a priority, you'll want to look at the optional 'Driving Assistant Plus' package. This includes 'Active Cruise Control' and a 'Traffic Jam Assistant' that, in heavy traffic, is able to control the car's speed, steer automatically and keep it in its lane. Also available is Lane Departure Warning and the City Braking function, which applies the brakes automatically at speeds up to 37mph in response to an imminent collision with a car, motorcycle or pedestrian, for instance. The Parking Assistant takes care of manoeuvring into parking spots that are either parallel or perpendicular to the road, while its ultrasonic sensors also help to search for suitable spaces up to a speed of 22mph.

Cost of Ownership

Where this 2 Series Active Tourer model's MINI roots really ought to pay off is when it comes to the issue of efficient running costs. Slippery aerodynamics help here - the sleek 0.26Cd drag factor is best-in-class. So does lightweight design: the bonnet, for example, is made of aluminium and weighs just 8kgs, about 50% less than a conventionally produced component. As usual with BMW though, most of the efficiency gains are down to the brand's clever Efficient Dynamics technology. The elements of this are copied by just about every other manufacturer in this segment but the way the Munich maker has put them all together really seems to have hit the efficiency sweet spot.
And the results of all this effort? Well they're not quite enough to enable mainstream 2 Series Active Tourer models to out-shine the running cost returns of potentially comparable models like Audi's A3 Sportback and Volkswagen's Golf SV - but this BMW is able to get very close. The manual gearbox 150bhp 218d variant will return 62.8mpg on the combined cycle while emitting 119g/km of CO2. Nor is there too much of a penalty for choosing an automatic version, thanks to a 'coasting' function that disconnects the engine at a cruise. The other mainstream diesel option is the 116bhp 216d variant, which manages 65.7mpg and 113g/km.

Summary

Did you ever expect to see a BMW model range built around front wheel drive with an MPV bodyshape offering the option of a three cylinder engine? I'm not sure I ever did. But then I wasn't really ready for an electrified BMW supercar either and we've got one of those.
So this Bavarian brand is evolving - and so must the Scenic and C-MAX-style five-seat compact MPV segment in which this 2 Series Active Tourer competes. After all, even MPV buyers now realise that style and driving dynamics aren't incompatible with family versatility. Cars like this one are driving that change.
Of course the front-driven layout gives it a less driver-orientated feel than you'd find in other BMW models. The brand's traditional buyers may not like that, so it's just as well that this car isn't aimed at them. No, you'll be interested in a 2 Series Active Tourer if your need for practicality is greater than your need for a BMW. But you'd still rather like one. If that makes sense to you, then this car will too. Its closest rival, the Mercedes B-Class, doesn't have the same kind of spark and the only other alternative is a much frumpier more conventional mainstream brand MPV. All of which means that BMW's appealing spin on ordinary family motoring will probably continue to attract a ready audience. People who probably never thought they'd be buying from this Munich maker. They won't be getting 'the ultimate driving machine' because that's not what they need. Getting instead what may very well be 'the ultimate small people carrier' will suit them very well indeed.

Performance

70%

Handling

70%

Comfort

70%

Space

70%

Styling

70%

Build

70%

Value

70%

Equipment

70%

Economy

90%

Depreciation

80%

Insurance

70%

** MPG figures are obtained in laboratory testing and intended for comparisons between vehicles. Please be aware they're not intended to represent real world efficiency.

Choose your finance

PCPHP

Personal contract purchase

Deposit (£)

Term

Annual mileage

Monthly payment

£209.22

Deposit

£1370

Term (months)

48

Fixed interest rate

4.6%

Cash price

£13,698

Credit amount

£12,328

Completion fee

£1

Guaranteed future value

£5625

Total amount payable

£16,829.34

Annual mileage

8000

Contract mileage

32,000

Excess mileage charge

8.0p per mile

Representative APR

8.9%

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